TEHRAN, April 21 (UPI) -- Iran will increase police patrols to enforce women's skirt lengths, proper head scarves and even curtail dog-walking during the summer.
Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, the ruling clerics have tried to purify women of "Westoxication," the Persian Journal reported.
Every woman in Iran, regardless of nationality or religion, must obey the country's dress code and cover her shape and hair outside the home.
Since the election of conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, conservatives in Tehran's city council have pressured police to get tough. Beginning Saturday, 50 patrol cars will cruise Tehran enforcing the rules.
"In our campaign, we will confront women showing their bare legs in short pants," said Tehran's police chief, Morteza Talai.
"We are also going to combat women wearing skimpy headscarves, short and form-fitting coats, and the ones walking pets in parks and streets," he added.
Owning dogs is seen as unclean in Iran, and parading with them is off-limits.
Women who do not wear the veil can face 10 days' to two months' imprisonment, or a fine.
